Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 15339 — Those who ordered the teaching

Ja'far narrates from his father that he said: We came to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he began asking about the people (present) until he reached me. I said: I am Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn. He passed his hand over my head, then undid my upper button and then the button below it, and placed his hand on my chest; I was a young man at that time. He said: "Welcome to you, O my nephew. Ask whatever you wish." So I asked him, while he was blind. (Meanwhile) the time for prayer came, and he stood up wrapped in a woven cloth; whenever he put it over his shoulder, its ends came back to him because of its smallness, while his upper garment was hanging on a clothes rack. Then he led us in prayer. (After the prayer) I said: Tell me about the Hajj of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He made the number nine with his hand and said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Madinah for nine years without performing Hajj. Then in the tenth year it was announced among the people that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was going to perform Hajj. (Hearing this) a great many people began coming to Madinah, every one of them wishing to travel for Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and to do as he did. Then we set out with him (peace and blessings be upon him) until we reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, where Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to Muhammad bin Abi Bakr. She sent word to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque: "What shall I do?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take a bath, bind a cloth (over the private part), and then enter ihram." He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in the mosque and then mounted the she-camel named al-Qaswa'. When his she-camel reached al-Bayda', I looked ahead of me at the people, some riding and some on foot, and likewise on the right, likewise on the left and likewise behind, while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was among us; the Qur'an was being revealed to him and he knew its interpretation, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did nothing but that we did it with him. Then he recited the talbiyah of tawhid (in these words): 'Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, labbayk la sharika laka labbayk, innal-hamda wan-ni'mata laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak' (Here I am, O Allah, here I am; here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Indeed all praise, blessings and dominion are Yours; You have no partner). The people also recited the talbiyah with these same words, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reject anything of it from them, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept to his talbiyah. Jabir said: We had intended only Hajj; we did not know about Umrah. When we came to the House, he touched the Corner and performed the circumambulation, walking briskly (ramal) in three rounds and completing four rounds walking. Then he proceeded to the Station of Ibrahim and recited the verse of the Qur'an, "And take the station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer" [al-Baqarah: 125], and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the Station of Ibrahim between himself and the House.